2013 Mercedes Benz E-class?

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is selling in bigger numbers and the S-Class is earning bigger profits, but no other Mercedes is positioned closer to the core of the brand than the E-Class. An extensive reskin is slated for the 2013 model year and it eliminates most of the overly decorative styling cues while taking on numerous new technologies.

On the way out are the ponton-style rear side panels, the quad headlamps, and the ritzy daytime running lights. Instead, the revised E-Class features a brand-new front end, restyled rear side panels, and a heavily modified rear view. It's hard to believe, but the only exterior elements that the 2013 model will carry over from the current vintage are the roof, the front doors, and the windows. Everything else is new, fresh, contemporary, less contrived, and more coherent than before.Although Mercedes won't start its "Real Design Revolution" before 2014 with the next-generation C-Class and all-new S-Class coupe (formerly CL-Class), the facelifted E-Class is notably more elegant than the version it replaces. The sedan goes on sale in Europe in the spring of next year, the wagon is the summer, and the AMG and 4Matic all-wheel drive editions wrap up things in the autumn.

In Europe, the only V-8 that survives the 2013 facelift is the 537-hp 5.5-liter powerhouse reserved for the E63 AMG. The E500/E550 becomes an export-only model that sheds the ageing 408-hp 4.6-liter twin-turbo V-8 unit in favor of a turbocharged 4.6-liter motor good for 435 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque. The down-market E200 will be equipped with a 156-hp 1.6-liter four built by Renault - of course to Mercedes-Benz specifications. That engine will be one of the first fruits of Benz's deal with the French automaker; expect to see the same 1.6-liter unit to proliferate across the Mercedes, Renault, Nissan, and Infiniti lineups, including the upcoming Infiniti compact.

The E350 gains extra grunt with its 3.5-liter V-6 growing from 302 to 333 hp, all the better to compete with the 300-hp BMW 535i and 310-hp Audi A6 3.0T. The only change on the diesel front concerns the demise of the E300 CDI; remaining will still be the E200 CDI, E220 CDI, E250 CDI, and the E350 CDI (known in the U.S. as the E350 BlueTec). In terms of alternative drivetrains, there is a 27-hp electric motor slated for the E300 BlueTec Hybrid and the U.S.-bound E400 Hybrid in the works, which will be followed by a 68-hp plug-in edition in 2014. In 2015, a 109-hp top-of-the-line planet saver will join the E-Class lineup.

Not liking the headlamps.
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Instantly my first impression, as well. The headlights look like they were ripped from BMW and the tail lights look like something off of a Kia. Overall, I like the front, better, but the rear looks cheaper and I don't know if I'll like it.
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8-Speed Shift:Instantly my first impression, as well. The headlights look like they were ripped from BMW and the tail lights look like something off of a Kia. Overall, I like the front, better, but the rear looks cheaper and I don't know if I'll like it.

Exactly, it front end looks like copy of Genesis. And too many creases really makes it cheap.

BTW, I think they are doing a mistake by joining the front headlights.

8-Speed Shift:Instantly my first impression, as well. The headlights look like they were ripped from BMW and the tail lights look like something off of a Kia. Overall, I like the front, better, but the rear looks cheaper and I don't know if I'll like it.

BlackSeries:Exactly, it front end looks like copy of Genesis. And too many creases really makes it cheap.

BTW, I think they are doing a mistake by joining the front headlights.

Yeah, in one fell swoop they killed the E-Class' defining feature.
_______________________________________________________________"there is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government."Bill Clinton, 5 may 1995

Muna is right. It's also obvious from the fact the grill is basically a carryover from the current E-class, when most likely the new one will go with the corporate single bar grill.
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machinereplica:I'm just going to throw this out here but didn't the Lexus LS 400 and Genesis copy the E class?

The Genesis always had the profile of the previous gen 5 and 7-series with the front looking more like an S-class and LS.

People said the 98 GS looked alot like the 96 E-class in the front. I know they had the quad headlights but there are numerous differences imo.
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